Chapter

A Chapter, formerly dubbed 'Story Arc', is a through-story that has some semblance of a beginning-middle-end narrative structure, though many smaller story arcs may be occurring throughout the Chapter. Each Chapter is given its own title to distinguish its primary theme. In the earlier days of the Neverending Story 1, Chapters did not exist and were retroactively added when the three-act structure naturally emerged during the writing process. There are no set boundaries to Chapters, so they all vary greatly in length and number of Posts. Often they begin with no specific direction, though some have been laid out from the outset. Most Chapters have a primary antagonist that the NeS Heroes must overcome, whether this is a literal villain, such as TotallyEvil or Necroman, while other Chapters the antagonist is more nebulous, such as the need to become employed. Often, a new Chapter is treated as an opportunity to write into a 'new state', so it's an easy jumping in point for new Writers and for Writers to explore new ideas. Some Chapters are driven by a specific Character's story arc, primarily adding depth to that Character. The Chapters of the Spin-offs are often written as an amalgamation of sporadic Posts, with Posts of different story arc's interjecting each other, and must be collated individually into a through-narrative. This is contrasted to the main series, which focuses on a single Chapter event for the duration of many Posts.

Mainline Chapters

Story	Chapter Title	Description
Neverending Story 1	The Fight of the Century of the Week	"Gebohq Simon and Galvatron challenge Ares for the fate of the Earth, they fight, Ares gets distracted and bored. A number of main characters are introduced, they all fight each other. Some major characters established are Gebohq, Antestarr, Semievil, Maybechild and The Otter." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	TotallyEvil (Story Arc)	"Gebohq Simon and the band of heroes fight Semievil's sister, TotallyEvil, and her cohorts at Stonehenge. They take a detour to Disneyworld, Darkside plots, Dr. Evil claims to be their father, and stuff. Krig the Viking is established as well." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Fight of the Century of the Week, Take 2	"The hero-types return to the Arena (noooooo!) and battle Ernie, then later, the Darkside. Introduces Losien Simon and the idea that the characters realize they're part of a story. Ends with them discovering that the Darkside was following a scripted "plot" and decide to "take a break" at the local fair..." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	NeS: As seen on TV!	"While at the fair, the heroes get trapped in TV-land, and are trying to find their way out. Villains such as The Darkside and "They" appear to have initiated the plan, but as the hero-types (Lt. Randy being a new one) find themselves on the HBO special of "Star Wars: A New Hope" and find the Holy Hand Remote, Burby model 00 and Morris the Cat threaten the heroes from escaping. One of the writers finally decides to take action instead..." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Videogames, Anime and Capture the Flag -- Oh My!	"The hero-types spend some times as videogame characters when the writers experience some "problems." While the writers have adventures of their own, the hero-types both find themselves as anime characters and at a picnic-thing. In an attempt to clean everything up, a giant CTF-type game on a modified Arena on the comet heading for Earth is held between heroes and villians. Once again, deus ex machinas (like the introduction of Phantom_Master) save the day. Or something." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Forbidden Fortress of Forbideness	"The ever-growing group of hero-types find themselves at Gebohq's House of Gibs, where they take the house special and go into the Forbidden Fortress of Forbiddeness -- a cliche'd FPS-based setting. CookedHaggis is established here (as their waiter) as well as Janitor Bob, and they fight off vegetable minions and eventually, the Spooky Taco in the CyberArena." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Last True Evil: Of Soviet Spies and Jobs	"The cast of heroes face two true evils. One is a Russian spy who initially is sent to assassinate Gebohq Simon but later joins the heroes as his "original" self joins the Darkside and takes control of his clone brethren in an attempt to take over the world. The other is their lack of finances, as they are dropped off in Japan and attempt to scrounge up some cash. Characters such as The Last True Evil and The Mega_ZZTer are established." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	TACC, TMTGB, and Other Troubles includes NeS: A TACC Comedy	"After having gained some financial holdings and a base of operations, the hero-types learn that the villains have taken The Machine That Goes Bing! (TMTGB) and its retainer (Gettleburger) captive, and they go off to rescue him. Gebohq Simon, in the process of attempting to blow up the Arena, gets transported to TACC, so some of the heroes go looking for him. While those in TACC delve into Hell not only to escape back into the real world, but to stop an evil plot of Bill Gate's, the heroes back on Earth manage to rescue TMTGB, hold a party, get arrested and sent to Australia, and then go on vacations, where they end up in Canada to tie everything up. Characters like Highemperor, Ford, and such get their big break as well." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	NeS: The Point-and-Click Adventure!	"A threat on the existence of NeS is discovered when white plot-holes appear to be cropping up all over. In an attempt to stop said threat, the heroes disperse throughout the NeS timeline (past, present, and future) to collect clues and the like in a point-and-click adventure-style fashion. They converge in Yemen, where it is discovered that the villain behind this new plot is The First False Evil, and only by racing to the writers and discovering that the NeS was having a mid-life crisis were the heroes able to stop TFFE's evil scheme." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The College Years	"Gebohq Simon and the heroes take a moment to reflect back on their college days, where they remember how, even then, the forces of Evil were at work to stop them. Gebohq's story-wielding abilities, as well as the presence of the Ever-ending Plot (EeP), were unveiled." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Kirby Brawl	"In a strange accident, JediKirby swallows The Last True Evil and merges with him, threatening the usual "take over the world" plot. TLTE, however, having turned his interests away from evil and to love (of Losien Simon), separates, taking some of Kirby's goodness and leaving some of his own evil behind. Kirby amasses a great army of Kirby clones in an attempt to take over the world. TLTE learns more of the Everending Plot's plot in the process." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	If You Can't Beat 'em, Join'em	"The Darkside and the other villains, in a desperate attempt to squash the heroes, decide to "join them" and, with the use of special pumpkin pies, turn the heroes to their side, casting Gebohq Simon out. Gebohq and the few unaffected hero-types find a way to reverse the effects, but not before realizing the real threat to NeS -- the Everending Plot -- was moments away from defeating the NeS." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Endgame - The End of NeS	"Gebohq Simon and all the hero-types converge at the Arena once again in a showdown with the Ever-ending Plot, Bill Gates and The Darkside, alongside all the villains of old. An epic battle ensues, people die, all seems lost as the NeS dies..." ~ Gebohq the Writer
Neverending Story 2	Family Feud, or "How Absolver Saved the World"	"Helebon, claiming to be the true ruler of Hell, ignites a civil war. Jim Seven, a former Protector of the Plotfractal and actual ruler of Hell, gains the aid of the remaining hero-types to fight his battle for him, for fear that, if Helebon should win, Hell would be spread overtly over the Earth in the NeS's confused and weakened state. The "evil Geb" from NeShattered appears in a climactic battle against the "real" Gebohq Simon and loses. In the spirit of NeS (and stupidity), Gebohq then transports everyone into the 8th dimension." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The 8th Dimension (Story Arc)	"After a few wrong dimensional jumps, everyone finds themselves in the ominous 8th dimension. Lost, the heroes try to find each other, and discover a haunted house, which they make into their new base of operations. In an attempt to find a means back into the NeS proper, Shattered Gebohq tricks a number of the hero-types into an unknown device within the creepy complex underneath the haunted house. The good Gebohq Simon, meanwhile, is enlisted by Jim Seven to fix the "Helebon" problem that wasn't really solved beforehand. Put in a bind, Geb tells the NeS to "sleep" and, once again, transports everyone into the dreamstate of NeS." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Dreams and Nightmares of the NeS	"Trapped (once again) in unknown territory, the hero-types discover that they're inside the dreamstate of the NeS, and that the NeS fears the return of the EeP (perhaps because the remnants of the EeP still reside within the NeS). To not only find their way back to the 8th dimension (and to the NeS proper), they must find their missing prized possessions and defeat the EeP within the NeS. When the time came, however, they could not recover their possessions, and the Shattered Gebohq (Gebiyl), now possessed by the EeP, was nearly ready to destroy them. A "child of NeS" was born, though, and managed to keep Gebiyl-EeP "trapped" in the dreamstate while they escaped. Arkng Thand is established at this point." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Forgotten, The Damned and the Dust	"Upon returning to the 8th dimension, the heroes split up -- The Last True Evil and his group journeying to Jupiter in hopes of saving Losien Simon from her captor (the shade of Michael McLongname), Antestarr and his group going to London to get supplies (and discovering that Helebon had been given his opportunity to bring Hell on Earth, which they decided to stop), and the rest left at the Haunted House of Heroes, where they intended to clean up "The Dust" that was threatening their future. All groups succeeded in some extent in accomplishing their goals. Having discovered the good Gebohq Simon (whom they thought was dead) stealing Young and apparently going mad, they voted Antestarr as the new "leader" of their group, whom promptly disbanded them." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Death of the Potentials	"Having been disbanded, only a small few remained to try and hunt down Young and save her. Upon going to Arkng Thand for advise, however, they learn that the Potentials, a powerful trio that were Gebohq Simon's, The Last True Evil's and Highemperor's potential incarnate, were hunting the heroes down to kill them. Feeling as if they had no other option, they hid in the Congo, where by fate they discover the good Geb (trapped in Gebiyl's body) and fight the Potentials, resulting in Gebohq and TLTE losing their potential. They discover that they had been set up by Thand, and upon confronting him again, are made painfully aware that they are no match for him, but that he is not the villain -- TLTE is. He also informs them that Gebiyl has escaped with Young to his home thread, NeShattered (having failed to gain anything at the Siberian bunker)." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Plot (Story Arc)	"A tale of the Hands of NeS, a detective, and a former Air Force lieutenant draws to a close -- the left Hand's plot succeeds, and Tsolo, Avatar of Loss, is manifested. During this time, most of the heroes dived into NeShattered, stopping an evil wedding subplot..." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Death and Taxes	"There are two constants, death and taxes, and that is not an exception in the NeS. One storyline follows Gebohq Simon, as he evades the law in an attempt to confront the Taxman and clear his name of tax evasion. The other storyline follows most of the other NeS cast members as they decide on a course of action, having to address both the Forgotten and the growing threat of Tsolo, the Avatar of Loss that clips characters permanently. Calimalith is introduced, Gebohq is cleared of his charges but suspended from use of his hero license, and a large portion of the NeS cast is left behind..."
	Love Conquers All	"The NeS is hit with a particularly strong storm of story posts that threatened to ruin the fabric of the thread: one-post thread killers, more plot-holes than one can shake a stick at, attempts at great literature ( )... all seemingly caused by the strong, stable romance between Gebohq Simon and Rachel Pi. Just as all hope seems loss, Gebohq is mysteriously struck down with a lethal condition..." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Campaign: Without Credit and Story Arcade (Story Arc)	"As the writers adopt a mysterious new system called Story Arcade: Without Credit, problems arise. On the NeS-side, the main characters are tempted by The Calling to join the "Without Credit" program to fight rising terrorist threats, offered great "experience" and rewards to take the terrorists on at the expense of character. Meanwhile, with Gebohq Simon having been afflicted with a life-threatening condition, Rachel Pi, Soriel, and Bokken Monkey dive into the heart of a parallel gaming system called Story Arcade and meet up with Relapse, the Amazing Adrian and Tiger of the Gaming Guardians to find the source of his condition. As the NeS-bound cast travels through time and manufacturing plants to "level up", those in Story Arcade trick the owner of Story Arcade, Darth Vice, to relinquish his ownership and thus free Gebohq of his condition. Rachel returns only to be rejected by Gebohq." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Most Awesome Threat to Existence Yet!	"JM's personality split into three, and his Ego attempts to absorb all the characters in the story for its own glory. "Sup" and "Id" slowly gather the heroes and follow the Ego's trail as they attempt to stop its reign of awesome terror. The Ego, having absorbed such powerful characters as the Darkside and Tsolo, summons the rest to an awesome climax, having only been defeated by the Ego's burning desire for revenge against Ares. Sup looks ready to supplant the Ego's reign of terror, only for their re-amalgamation to have formed an apathetic JM and an anti-climatic resolution." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	In Search of Opportunity	"Gebohq Simon and his companions set off with two NeScholars to search for some of Master Thand's most valued possessions. Elsewhere, Maybechild and the other NeSHeroes search for new recruits to rebuild their heroic fold. While Maybechild and her band only succeed in dying and serving Hell's forces in taking over Disney, Gebohq and the others succeed in infiltrating Thand's treasury, only to find his most valued possession to be his deceased true love. All but Gebohq are dragged into Hell to fight against Disney on Thand's account, and Gebohq is left with the opportunity to choose between his purpose and true love." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	To Hell with it All	"From a raging battle between the forces of Disney and Hell, the lazy world-building wizard, JM, has stolen the strength from the powerplaying Citizen Rex and now intends to destroy the existence known as the NeS though various methods such as bad storytelling, censorship, and such. After stumbling through poorly-written quests, Losien Simon and the other heroes manage to hold out the battle just long enough for JM to lose interest and forfeit his nihilistic endeavor. Liberius Vir is introduced in this story-arc." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Memory Lane (Story Arc)	"Darkside and Tsolo join forces to become Knowsoul as they search for the spirit of the NeS to consume. Losien Simon and the others take a trip down Memory Lane, literally, in an attempt to find the spirit of the NeS before Knowsoul. Michael McLongname, now Twice-Forgotten, attempts to use the situation to his advantage by temporarily usurping Darkside and Tsolo. Renewed by discovering the spirit of the NeS first, however, Losien and the others once again prevail, though not without loss and regret." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	Old Contracts	"With one old contract null and void, another rears its ugly head: Rachel Pi can only exist as a main character so long as she is romantically involved with her true love. Inspired by romances among the NeS Heroes, the group takes a vacation to rekindle relationships only to accidentally unleash a power-hungry powerplayer from another dimension into their world. To try and overcome this insurmountable challenge, the NeS Heroes unleash their Potentials, which only made things worse! What else could possibly go wrong? Britt and the Negotiator are introduced here." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Second Ragnarok: Breaking the Seals	"As the NeS heroes struggle to resolve the compounding problems to their 'solutions' of unleashing their Potentials, The Last True Evil begins to embrace his destiny as the Ultimate Villain of the NeS, breaking the 'seals' that will cause what is known as the Second Ragnarok, known also as The End. Now the NeS heroes race in an attempt to stop The Last True Evil from succeeding, having already failed to stop him from teaming up with Darth Vice." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Second Ragnarok: The End	"With the final seal revealed and the EeP inevitably ending the known world, little seems possible except to confront the terminal plotlines that have built up to this point. While Losien Simon and Evil G chase The Last True Evil to the source of the EeP infection - NeShattered - the other NeS Heroes fight the good fight in the face of their end." ~ Gebohq the Writer
Neverending Story 3	The Pandemic	"Seeking out new members for the NeS Heroes, Losien Simon recruits the half-genie Aladdyn L. Quirk and her old friend Char to the team, right in the middle of a fight with her self-proclaimed nemesis, Chris the Bad Guy and his assortment of villainous teams. This immediate threat is followed quickly by the much greater danger of the Necroman whose necromist transforms Australians into manic necroids. Unable to enter the necromist, they decide to seek out the secret city of robots called Sanctuary by travelling the world aboard Honeybee. The situation is compounded with the arrival of the shape-shifting pug called CopyKAT, whose people, the Galactitrons, are headed to Earth to find the wish-granting Medallion he possesses. Newb discovers that she is a clone and that her memories have been irreperably damaged by the K.G.B. even divine objects can't restore them." ~ Britt the Writer

Spin-off Chapters

Story	Chapter Title	Description
NeS 1888	NeS 1888
NeShattered	The Question	"Highemperor attempts to take the power of NeS for his own. "The Question" deals with Highemperor being hunted down by a form of The Last True Evil called The Answerer. Highemperor's methods to gain ultimate power marked him as a "powerplayer" and thus needed to "answer" for his crime. The conflict rose on apocalyptic levels -- nearly all the characters of this "new NeS" died. Eventually, however, Highemperor appeared to have come to his senses, then was carried away to heaven, leaving NeShattered to be a potential paradise." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Answer	"Gebohq Simon (Shattered) of NeShattered takes upon himself Highemperor's former dreams and goals, making himself the villain of NeShattered. A thousand years pass, and the potential paradise that NeShattered may have been falls into a post-apocalyptic world instead. The Answerer visits Geb and battles him, with Geb surviving. Geb then brings the Answerer to the graveyard of the NeS characters and leaves the Answerer to Morthrandur. The Answerer then "answers" for his own crimes, and dies fulfilled." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Lost and the Potential	"The lost Last True Evil clones gather, and soon plot their own scheme against the NeS under the leadership of the TLTE clone known as "Darth Vice." Elsewhere, the Potentials gather to speak of Morthandur and his plans to supplant the good/"real" Gebohq Simon with the Geb of NeShattered. The Shattered Geb also escapes NeShattered thanks to Helebon." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Invitation	"Gebohq Simon and the other NeS Heroes "invite" themselves to Shattered Geb's home dimension in an attempt to stop the evil wedding." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Ceremony	"The NeS Heroes crash the evil wedding, foiling Shattered Geb's plans." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Reception	"In the aftermath of the infamous wedding in NeShattered, the Ever-ending Plot starts to spread..." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Connection Between	"Gebohq Simon and Britt, sucked into NeShattered by a nasty plot-hole, learn about the current nature of the EeP and start their journey to deal with the threat at its source." ~ Gebohq the Writer
	The Cause
	Along With The Consequences
Hero Force One (Story)	Missing: Earth	"Hero Force One wake up to suddenly discover that the Earth is missing and that they, aboard Orbital One, are separated from the rest of humanity and trapped in the Deep Void. They discover that this has all been orchestrated by a mysterious group known as R.I.T.E. who plan to restore the missing Twelve God-Monarchs. Many factions take advantage of the situation and the team is beset on all sides, resulting in the death of Nick and the sacrifice of Qhobeg 2, placing him in a coma. They team up with unlikely persons; Hermes Trismegistus and even High Imp, to get the job done." ~ Britt the Writer
	Hero Force Down	"During a mission to take down a group of Trans-Terran-Terrorists, Ffion Heul kills Fang Xiu Shan. Fang is working with the terrorists against U.S. interests, but is officially a hero in her own right and this leads to political fall out with Ffion taken for trial. Dr R. Deep and Mr Nine had attempted to restore Fang to life to avoid this situation and when Fang uses demonic powers to attack the trial, Ffion is released without charge. In a desperate bid to awake Qhobeg 2 from his coma, Judge agrees to a deal with The Negotiator to unlock her Potential - advanced psychic powers - in return for helping Arkng Thand with his own plot to render the people of Earth unconscious. But she finds that Qhobeg wants to be let go as he cannot return and she helps him to die. But Judge's new powers haven given her unprecedented powers - able to not only see, but also control, beings across the entire galaxy, much to the concern of everyone else." ~ Britt the Writer
Hero Force Ultimate	Rescue from Hell	"Brittica was taken to Hell and Winters, his robot assistant, seeks out the dilapidated Hero Force for help, as they were both founding members of the team. The group has been significantly reduced in resources and ability, but they agree to help anyway. Despite their falling out, Seraphim calls on Acidspitter for aid in reaching Hell, as he is the former Mr Nine. Acidspitter is forced to release Lilith from her prison and they meet up with her twin sister Naamah as they narrowly escape Yama of Diyu. After freeing Mastema from his own prison, Seraphim also makes a deal with Beelzebub - to give up her choice to become human, allowing him to take that choice instead and returning her to the status of angel." ~ Britt the Writer
Pantheons of the NeSiverse
Legends of the NeSiverse
Clear and the Hopeless	Clear and the Hopeless (Story Arc)
Clear and the Broken